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Pioneering humanitarian activist, zealous Irish nationalist, maltreated LGBTQ+ martyr: this is the extraordinary new biography of a complicated man who led a remarkable life ahead of his time.In 1904 Casement broadcast the abuses of the Belgian Congo and lobbied for change, becoming a much-admired overnight celebrity. Still, he did not reveal all of himself, neither fully Irish nor English, party to colonial rule while appalled by its crueltie...

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The wartime spy career of Mathilde Carré - aka "the Cat" and "Agent Victoire" - is so extraordinary it almost defies belief' The Times'A truly astonishing story, meticulously and brilliantly told' Philippe Sands, author of The RatlineRESISTANCE, COLLABORATION AND BETRAYALOccupied Paris, 1940. A woman in a red hat and a black fur coat hurries down a side-street. She is Mathilde Carré, codenamed 'the Cat', later known as Agent Victoire - charism...

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VICTOIRE is about Mathilde Carré - codenamed 'La Chatte', the cat, then known as Agent Victoire - who was the exceptionally charismatic and daring founder of the 'Big Network'. This was the first Allied intelligence network in Occupied France, which soon grew central to Resistance efforts and to be a lifeline of crucial information to an isolated Britain. But her allegiances become more complex when the network is rolled up by the Germans and ...

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Langtext: Roland Breitenbach findet für jeden Anlass die richtigen Segensworte- Worte, die jedem, der sie liest, guttun. Segnen - das heißt Gutes verbreiten. Wer andere segnet, schenkt ihrem Leben Farbe und Leichtigkeit, Glück und Bewegung, Einmaligkeit und Weite. Eben das übersetzen die Postkarten in stimmungsvolle Fotografien.

Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era, a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring, yet the extent of this shrewd, secretive man's betrayal has never fully been explored. Drawing on formerly classified files, A Spy Named Orphan documents the extraordinary story of a model diplomat leading a chilling double-life until his exposure and defection to the USSR. Philipps describes a man prone to alcoholic ra...

Donald Maclean was a star diplomat, an establishment insider and a keeper of some of the West's greatest secrets. He was also a Russian spy...Codenamed 'Orphan' by his Russian recruiter, Maclean was Britain's most gifted traitor. But as he leaked huge amounts of top-secret intelligence, an international code-breaking operation was rapidly closing in on him. Moments before he was unmasked, Maclean escaped to Moscow.Drawing on a wealth of previo...

Drawing on a wealth of previously classified files and unseen family papers, Phillips chronicles the extraordinary story of one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era and a key member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring.

Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era and a key member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring, yet the full extent of this shrewd, secretive man's betrayal has never been explored-until now. Drawing on a wealth of previously classified files and unseen family papers, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents his extraordinary story. Roland Philipps unravels Maclean's character and contradictions, informed ...

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